A Global Utopia. Inter Press Service and the Overcoming of the Cold War
Journal title MONDO CONTEMPORANEO
Author/s Paolo Acanfora
Publishing Year 2023 Issue 2022/2-3
Language Italian Pages 23 P. 133-155 File size 231 KB
DOI 10.3280/MON2022-002006
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This article deals with a peculiar case study: an International news agency, founded during the 1960s within the political circles of the Christian democratic youth groups, aiming to change the overall balance of the Cold War. This goal had to be reached through a radical reform introducing a new International infor-mation and communication order. The Inter Press Service, originally conceived as part of a strategy for building an international network of the Christian democratic press, was active at first in Latin America, and later became one of the points of reference for the Third World countries ad the Non-Aligned Movement. This article aims to analyse the founding moments of the Ips, as well as its projects, mission, networks, and innovative style of journalism. This method was marked by a strong politicisation and by the goal to radically transform the existing global equi-libriums so as to build a future new international society. This was a utopian pro-ject, deeply rooted within the particular context of the Cold War years.
Keywords: Inter Press Service, International News Agency, New International Information and Communication Order, Cold War, International politics
Paolo Acanfora, Un’utopia planetaria: l’Inter Press Service e il superamento della Guerra Fredda in "MONDO CONTEMPORANEO" 2-3/2022, pp 133-155, DOI: 10.3280/MON2022-002006